JOINT EWM/EMS MEETING

Registrations welcome now!

The final conference ‘Supporting Women in scientific careers’ of two EU-projects will be held in Brussels on June 26^th and 27^th, 2008. Coordinators of the EU-projects ‘Encouragement to Advance – Training Seminars for Women Scientists’, coordinated by the Center of Excellence Women in Science, and ‘Advanced Training for Women in Scientific Research’, coordinated by Danube University Krems decided to host the final conference of their projects jointly, because both projects compass similar objectives. At the conference, the two projects for women in science display their experiences and results gained in recent seminars and mentoring.

As concrete results of the conference the following key points for the development of sustainable career paths in academia are aspired: The implementation of a mentoring program at universities accompanied by a special targeted training; supporting the implementation of the seminar and training concept of ‘Encouragement to Advance’ which supports female scientists in getting prepared for appointment procedures for professorships. All stages of academic careers at universities are covered by the conferences output.

The conference addresses HR responsibles from universities and research organisations, who would like to gain information on instruments and supportive modules like training seminars, mentoring and summer schools for women scientists. Furthermore, the conference addresses post-graduates, doctoral students, post-doc researchers, and senior level researchers who are interested in career development as well as commissioners for equal opportunities.

Both projects intend to improve the situation of female scientists in the European Union and are funded within the 6^th EU research framework program. For further information about the program please visit our websites. If you would like to participate, please send the registration form to silke.toelle@cews.org or to manuela.krug@donau-uni.ac.at until May 9^th 2008. Participation in the conference is free.
Registration (pdf)

Preliminary Agenda

1st day	June 26th, 2008	Supporting Women in Scientific Careers
	12.00-02.00 p.m.	Registration
	01.00-02.00 p.m.	Lunch
	02.00-02.10 p.m.	Welcome address by European Commission Official
	02.10-02.30 p.m.	Welcome note by coordinators
	02.30-02.50 p.m.	Keynote 1
	02.50-03.10 p.m.	Keynote 2
	03.10-03.30 p.m.	Keynote 3
	03.45-04.45 p.m.	Round table discussions on different subjects
	05.00-05.45 p.m.	Round table discussions
	05.45-06.15 p.m.	Summary of the discussions
	06.15-07.15 p.m.	Reception/Collation
2nd day	June 27th, 2008	Supporting Women in Scientific Careers
	09.30-09.40 a.m.	Welcome address by European Commission Official
	09.40-10.00 a.m.	Keynote 1
	10.00-10.20 a.m.	Keynote 2
	10.20-10.40 a.m.	Keynote 3
	11.00-12.30 p.m.	Expert talk with trainers, keynote speakers, participants and coordinators
	12.30-01.15 p.m.	Summary & conclusion
	01.15-02.15 p.m.	Lunch

‘Encouragement to Advance – Training Seminars for Women Scientists’ intended to empower women scientists within the European Research Area (ERA) by offering training on appointment procedures for professorships in Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, and the Czech Republic. The trainings encouraged mobility and supranational careers in research and higher education and offered access to a Europe-wide network of women scientists. The EU-project is coordinated by the CEWS and funded through the 6th Framework Program of the European Commission.

The Center of Excellence Women and Science (CEWS) is a department of GESIS-IZ. CEWS is the national node for the realization of equal opportunities for women and men in the area of science and research in Germany. CEWS serves as think tank for this field of policy, stimulates thinking, initiates alteration processes for which it provides scientific support, and actively co-organises the required transfer processes between science and politics.

GESIS provides services in support of social science research including development and supply of databases with information on social science literature and research activities as well as the archiving and provision of survey data from social research. Services including consultation on methodological questions, development of complex methods of empirical social research as well as GESIS’ own long-term observation of social developments with the aid of these instruments are also available. GESIS was established in 1986 and is divided into three local centres: the Social Science Information Centre in Bonn, the Central Archive for Empirical Social Research in Cologne and the Centre for Survey Research and Methodology in Mannheim. Besides, GESIS maintains a Service Agency Eastern Europe in Berlin. GESIS is member of the Leibniz Association.

ADVANCE (Advanced Training for Women in Scientific Research) is intended to counteract the phenomenon of the “leaky-pipeline” and is directed towards women both from universities and from non-university institutes. In cooperation with five partner institutes from Poland, Finland, Austria, the Netherlands and Bulgaria and also – for the first time – in interdisciplinary collaboration with four departments of Danube University Krems, a specific training programme for the participants was developed, together with a mentoring and coaching programme. The two-year EU project is aimed in particular at women researchers from engineering and science in the pre- and post-doctoral phase. ADVANCE therefore encompasses not only the working and living situation of women active in science and research, but also the structures and conditions of scientific institutions.

Danube University Krems is facing up to the social challenge of lifetime learning: established in 1995 it is still the only university in Europe that has specialised in postgraduate continuing education. Enthusiasm for the qualified and innovative involvement with the complex social, organisational and technical challenges presented by our society in the new Europe is what motivates the researchers, students, the teaching staff and everyone else working at Danube University Krems.

Participation in the conference is free. Hotel and travel costs have to be booked and paid single-handed by participants. We recommend two close-by hotels in Brussels. Please find an online reservation form for these hotels at the bottom of this page.

GESIS-IZ

Center of Excellence Women and Science (CEWS)

Silke Tölle

Dreizehnmorgenweg 40-42

D-53175 Bonn

Germany

Fon: + 49 (0)228- 22 81 537

Fax: +49 (0)228- 22 81 550

silke.toelle@cews.org

www.gesis.org

www.cews.org

Danube University Krems

Manuela Krug

Dr.-Karl-Dorrekstraße 30

A-3500 Krems

Austria

Fon: +43 (0) 2732-893-2310

Fax: +43 (0) 2732-893-4335

manuela.krug@donau-uni.ac.at

www.donau-uni.ac.at

www.advance-project.eu

Resotel has been appointed by the organizing committee to assist you with your hotel reservations

RESOTEL is a free independent hotel reservation services working with a various range of hotels at very competitive conditions. Click on the link : www.resotel.be/cews connected with the on-line booking system for the exhibitors and to consult the selected hotel. Should the hotel selected not meet your requirements, please do not hesitate to contact Resotel. They will be glad to suggest you other hotels in different categories.

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RESOTEL
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1160 Brussels - Belgium
Tel. + 32 (0)2 777 01 58
Fax + 32 (0)2 779 39 00
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EPWS 2008 Annual Conference

“Women Shaping Science”, Vilnius, Lithuania, 5-7 June 2008

The European Platform of Women Scientists EPWS cordially invites you to the First EPWS Annual Conference 2008 “Women Shaping Science”, organised in collaboration with BASNET, the Baltic States Network: Women in Sciences and High Technology, in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 5-7 June 2008.

The participation of women in science and their impact on research has been growing in recent decades. Women are increasingly involved in shaping the scientific agenda as researchers, academic teachers, science policy makers, administrators of universities and research funding institutions. What is this impact? What difference do they make?

With the support of the European Commission, networks of women scientists across Europe and across disciplines have joined forces and created the European Platform of Women Scientists. EPWS offers a vibrant forum for sharing experiences and knowledge, and envisioning new tools and directions for change towards gender equality in science and research policy – an aim that is in keeping with the goals of the Lisbon Agenda of the European Union.

The conference will explore and highlight the current and future impact of women scientists on the scientific community, in the policy making process, and in reflecting social aspects of science. Particular attention will be paid to the contribution and situation of women scientists from the Baltic States. Prominent keynote speakers will address core questions such as the relative progress and continuing contradictions regarding women and science. The conference will be a lively market place of networks, ideas, and partnerships. Women scientists will have the opportunity to present their work both through participating in topical sessions and/or through a poster exhibition highlighting research conducted at EU level.

Further information and registration